Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge isnt sure which is preferable heading into Saturdays AFL preliminary final against Greater Western Sydney: rest or momentum.The Bulldogs have plenty of the latter after smashing West Coast on the road and emphatically ending Hawthorns hopes of claiming a fourth straight premiership.The former? Not so much, at least compared to the Giants, who have only played one game in the last four weeks.Either way, Beveridge insists therell be no excuses for both sides when they take the field at Spotless Stadium.I think maybe its a combination of so many things - the maturity of your group, the need for games under your belt, how sore your players have been, all those sorts of things, he said.Weve got a little bit of continuity because weve only had the one break but time will tell.Im sure the opposition have trained in a fashion thats prepared them well for Saturday so theres just no excuses either side of it.One thing the Bulldogs certainly wont be lacking is motivation.The Dogs last reached a grand final in 1961 when they were defeated by the Hawks, with their only flag achieved in 1954.Its been a long time between drinks at Whitten Oval, and Beveridge says the Bulldogs havent shied away from acknowledging their opportunity to make history.Its there, and I think thats the exciting thing, he said.We can be the ones that change it. Whether thats added incentive, Im not sure. I suppose it probably is.Wed love to be in that spot. This is a chance to win through to a grand final and thats the way our players are treating it.Some of our players are talking about it openly, and we can only ride with them on that. NMD Wholesale . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. NMD On Sale . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. https://www.cheapnmdoutlet.com/ . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. Smith finished in 23 minutes 15. NMD Cheap .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. NMD Store . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. It has become a tradition. When USA Basketball team photos are taken, the feet of the players who arent wearing shoes with Nike swooshes are obscured.This years photo was released on Monday, and it was no surprise that the feet of Harrison Barnes, Kyle Lowry and Klay Thompson were hidden. Barnes and Lowry are Adidas spokesmen, while Thompson reps Chinese brand Anta.Before social media was the rage, the 2008 picture became a huge buzz item.Coach Mike Krzyzewski was sitting, and his foot blocked the logo of the only guy (Dwight Howard) who was wearing Adidas. And Howard, who for some reason was out of height order with Chris Bosh, was holding the basketball so that he covered the swoosh on his shorts. For housekeeping purposes, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul?were with Jordan, which is owned by Nike, and Dwyane Wade?was wearing Converse, also owned by Nike.Fasst-forward to 2012, when the one non-Nike guy was Kevin Love.dddddddddddd The year before, Love signed a contract with Chinese shoe brand 361 Degrees. Where was Love in the official picture? Hidden behind Kobe Bryant and Tyson Chandler.The Olympic shoe wars started in earnest in 1992 when Michael Jordan said for weeks he wouldnt wear the medal-stand jacket sponsored by Reebok. When the Dream Team won gold, the three non-Reebok spokesmen -- MJ, Magic Johnson (Converse) and Charles Barkley?-- zipped down their jackets and famously put a towel over the Reebok logo.Nike has been the official partner of USA Basketball since 2006. Since then, 86 percent of the players on the mens U.S. Olympic teams (31 of 36) have been Nike spokesmen. ' ' '